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From Manila to Marawi, the freedom cry reverberates as the nation marks its 119th Independence Day on June 12, 2017. Top to bottom: The Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite; soldiers salute during a tearful ceremony dedicated to the scores killed during a battle to force out terrorists in Marawi City; militants get into the act at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial wall in Quezon City; Caloocan City joins the celebration led by Mayor Oscar Malapitan and Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano C. del Castillo; Vice President Leonor Robredo and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, pitching in for President Rodrigo Duterte, raise the flag at Manila’s Rizal Park. Norman Cruz, Andrew Rabulan, Manny Palmero and AFP
